The Narita Airport Transit & Stay Program offers free tours guided by English-speaking volunteers, and also provides maps and other information for travelers wishing to follow a self-guided tour.
Volunteer Guided Tours
Our English-speaking guides, local to Narita, will get you safely to and from the airport and help ensure you experience the warmth and hospitality of Japan. Tours can usually be customized to match your interests and budget. Simply tell us which optional activities you wish to do, along with any other requests, when you arrive at our reception counter.
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TOUR 1
Get a Full Japanese Cultural Experience at Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple
- Food
- History & Culture
Travel back in time as you explore the rows of inns, handicraft shops and restaurants leading to Naritasan Shinshoji Temple. Take part in traditional Japanese tea ceremony and savor delicious ...
Time Required: 3 hours
Minimum Budget: 500 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
- Omotesando Street
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TOUR 2
Enjoy Home-style Japanese Cuisine & Relive Japan Aviation History
- Food
- History & Culture
- Family
- Museum
On this tour of Shibayama Town, enjoy a buffet lunch of home-style Japanese food, much of it grown locally, and breathe in the country air on a walk to quiet ...
Time Required: 3 hours
Minimum Budget: 2,000 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Restaurant Fu-Wa-Ri
- Shisho Shrine
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TOUR 3
Enjoy Japan’s Countryside in Tako Town
- Food
- Outdoor
- History & Culture
Walk or cycle through idyllic rice fields to a quiet out-of-the-way temple, a former school for monks. Afterwards enjoy a riverside lunch made with locally-grown rice. This tour can be ...
Time Required: 3 hours
Minimum Budget: 600 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Pastoral Landscape
- Nichihon-ji Temple
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TOUR 4
Cosplay in an Edo Period Reproduction in Sakae Town
- Outdoor
- History & Culture
- Family
Chiba Prefectural Boso no Mura theme park recreates the atmosphere of late-Edo Japan with authentic shops, houses, and other buildings. Enjoy this time-travel even more by dressing up as a ...
Time Required: 3 hours
Minimum Budget: 1,600 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Boso no Mura Theme Park
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TOUR 5
Discover the Edo Period Atmosphere of Riverside District Sawara
- History & Culture
Sawara was an important commercial hub in the Edo Period, when many canals were built to help transport goods to the capital of Edo (Tokyo) by river. Now part of ...
Time Required: 4 hours
Minimum Budget: 1,430 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Stroll the Historical Streets of Sawara
Self-Guided Tours
Get directions and maps to each destination, and enjoy at your own pace.
Visit the Narita Airport Transit & Stay Program counter 9:00–17:00.
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TOUR 6
Shop for Local Saké & Other Fermented Products in Kozaki Town
- History & Culture
- Shopping
Traditional fermentation methods and culture are alive and well in Kozaki Town, which has been a center for products such as saké, miso and soy sauce since the Edo Period. ...
Time Required: 3 hours
Minimum Budget: 9000 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Roadside Station Hakko-no-Sato Kozaki
- Kozaki Shrine
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TOUR 7
Choose from 170 Specialty Stores at the Giant AEON Mall Narita
- Shopping
AEON Mall Narita is conveniently located close to Narita Airport and Naritasan Shinshoji Temple and is a good place to buy some souvenirs. Stock up on popular green tea sweets, ...
Time Required: 3 hours
Minimum Budget: 500 yen
Tour Highlights:
- AEON Mall Narita
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TOUR 8
Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
- Museum
The museum’s collection extends from works by well-known artists such as Rembrandt, Monet, and Picasso to 20th century American artists such as Rothko and Pollock. The expansive garden with ponds, ...
Time Required: Minimum 2.5 hours
Minimum Budget: 2,300 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
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TOUR 9
MEGA Don Quijote, Japan’s Biggest Discount Store
- Shopping
This giant store can be your one-stop shopping destination for just about anything and everything. Open 24 hours, with multi-lingual staff available. Credit cards & Alipay accepted. Hotel/Airport/Overseas shipping available.
Time Required: Minimum 2.5 hours
Minimum Budget: 500 yen
Tour Highlights:
- MEGA Don Quijote
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TOUR 10
Delicious and enjoyable ranching experience at Narita Dream Farm
- Outdoor
- Family
Narita Dream Farm has been making delicious milk since 1887. Visitors can enjoy a real ranching experience such as milking and making butter. Homemade dairy products such as ice cream, ...
Time Required: Approx. 3 hours (with meals)
Minimum Budget: Approx. 3,000 yen (with meals)
Tour Highlights:
- Goat Bridge, a specialty of Narita Dream Farm
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TOUR 11
Satellite Narita: Off-track Sales Facility for Horse Racing, Bicycle Racing, & Motorcycle Racing
Satellite Narita is an official government-licensed facility that gives you the opportunity to experience the culture of sanctioned horse races, bicycle races, and motorcycle races in Japan! Enjoy the excitement ...
Time Required: 3hours
Minimum Budget: Minimum Budget: 2,000 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Satellite Narita
Bus Tours
These bus tours are a hassle-free way to visit several top destinations around Narita Airport and enjoy memorable Japanese cultural experiences. You only pay for the bus and driver; a local English-speaking volunteer guide accompanies you at no extra cost. Each tour also includes an authentic Japanese bento lunch.
The Sawara tour runs Tues., Wed., Thurs., and the Shibayama tour runs Fri., Sat., Sun.
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TOUR 12
Sawara Bus Tour: Giant Festival Floats, Traditional Food Culture & Edo History
- Food
- History & Culture
- Shopping
- Family
- Museum
This full-day bus tour is offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and takes you to three towns in the vicinity of Narita Airport: Sawara, Sakae and Kozaki. In Sawara you'll ...
Time Required: 6 hours
Minimum Budget: 3,500 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Boso no Mura Theme Park
- Roadside Station Hakko-no-Sato Kozaki
- Suigo Sawara Dashi Kaikan and Stroll Along the Streets of Sawara
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TOUR 13
Shibayama Bus Tour: History, Terracotta Figures, & Lunch by the Kuriyama River
- Food
- History & Culture
- Shopping
- Family
- Museum
This full-day bus tour is offered on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and takes you to three towns in the vicinity of Narita Airport: Tako, Shibayama and Sakae. Tako is especially ...
Time Required: 6 hours
Minimum Budget: 3,500 yen
Tour Highlights:
- Boso no Mura Theme Park
- Tako Ajisai-kan Roadside Station
- Shibayama Nioson Temple